Milky way; Cai Xukun [✔️]

Sixteen

"Angel, why are you avoiding me? Are you angry?"

It's been 3 days since he 'rejected' me. Since then, I've been avoiding him. I even slept in Minghao's room instead. Didn't go down when he was downstairs. Avoiding meeting him during dinner time. But he still managed to corner me.

"For fuck's sake, Xukun. You raised my hopes, made me think you felt the same way I do, that made me have the courage to confess. And guess what? You just straight up rejected me. You know how hurt I am? How confused? Why did you reject me? Why did you raise my hopes? Why? Is it cause I'm dying? Do you not want to have anything to do with a dying girl?"

"Oh no, angel. My angel, it has nothing to do with you dying,"

"You want to know why? I'm a demon. A monster. A nightmare, Val. You know what I work as?"

"I find those who break the rules. You know what that means? I am the cause of those people's deaths. The cause for the agony. Me. And you still love me? A demon?"

"And I even kill people. People like you, infected with the Thana disease. Those who are infected til they lose their minds. You're lucky that you're still in good condition and is sane, but if you aren't?"

"Me and the other 8 will kill you. We're murderers, angel. These grey eyes? They've seen horrible things. They've seen me, myself murder innocent souls who never wanted to get infected. These hands you touch, they strangled the infected. This body you see, they have the blood of those killed. I kill, angel. I'm a fucking murderer. And you still love me? A nightmare?"

I was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

"I knew it. You hate me," he said as he turned around.

"I know you don't want to do it... right? You never wanted to participate in that show... right....? You never wanted to be an assistant and kill... right?"

"I'd never wanted to participate. None of the 99 of us did. It's passed on it the family, it's just whether or not you get into the top 9,"

"I didn't want to work hard at first, but if I didn't, my dad would disown me, I didn't want that. I worked hard, look where I am now, causing people's death,"

"Don't say that,"

"I'm a nightmare, and you still want to date me?"

"Yes. I do. I know you're kind. I know you're innocent. I know it, Xukun. And I love you for that. I know you don't want to do a of this dirty work. Why can't you just stop? Quit. Run away,"

"I wish to, but my family-"

"Your family? Oh, they're not your real family if they disown you for quitting something so horrendous, for quiting something that you hate, Xukun. Let's run away, Xukun. Let's run away, to the galaxy, to the milky way, together,"

"Let's go on a journey, love. A journey, together, to escape this hell,"

"Okay. Okay," Xukun said.

"When you get released, let's run away together. To anywhere,to nowhere. To the galaxy, to the milky way,"

"Bu-But if I die, co-"

"If you die, I'll die with you. Our hands held tight, we'll go down together. We'll do everything together, we'll run away, we'll die together,"

"We're in this together, angel,"